Dental Assistant - Purchase District Health Dept - Paducah, KY

DENTAL ASSISTANT for Mobile Dental Program
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Open until filled. 1 position open.
Job Type: Full-time-37.5-hour work week
60 Contracted (unpaid) days per year, based on school schedule
Contract days include: Reduced to half-time schedule in the Summer (one week on one week off for pay [period total of 37.5hours), Thanksgiving week, two weeks at Christmas, Spring Break, Fall Break, revolve around the monthly school closings or holidays.
$16-18 per hour based on experience
Dental Assistant experience preferred but not required. High school diploma/GED required.
Benefits:

Health Insurance/Dental Insurance/Vision Insurance
Retirement
HSA/Flexible Spending account
Paid time off (Vacation, Sick and paid holidays)
PPE provided

Job Description:
The Floss and Gloss Dental Program is an in school dental program offered to children and adolescents, enrolled in grades K-12. The Floss and Gloss program provides preventative dental care to students as well as referrals for follow up treatment.
Being a dental program assistant means you’ll be surrounded by a high energy team focused on a high level of care provided to children as well as providing educational materials to children regarding their oral health. Our team is hard-working, motivated and extremely passionate about providing services to children who may not have access to dental care.
Primary duties:
Our program is seeking a hard-working, motivated individual who can multi-task and has excellent communication skills.
60 Contracted (unpaid) days per year, based on school schedule
Contract days include: Reduced to half-time schedule in the Summer (one week on one week off for pay [period total of 37.5hours), Thanksgiving week, two weeks at Christmas, Spring Break, Fall Break, revolve around the monthly school closings or holidays.
$16-18 per hour based on experience
Primary duties include:

Check-in students/verifying identity
Dental Charting
Assisting with Teledentistry including intraoral photographs and videos
Dispense proper take-home goods and resources to patient
Data Entry
Set up, break down, and sanitization of hygiene stations
Instrument processing and sterilization

Other duties include:

Assembling toothbrush kits
Making tray set-up
Laundering PPE
Sterilization monitoring
Based on experience, other duties may apply.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Vision insurance

Schedule:

Day shift
Monday to Friday

Pay may depend on skills and/or qualifications
Work Location: In person

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